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This is going to sound super dumb and I haven't been following AR / VR at all...but I thought Magic Leap were creating AR technology that worked _without Goggle

This is going to sound super dumb and I haven't been following AR / VR at all...but I thought Magic Leap were creating AR technology that worked _without Goggles_? As in projected visible light that I could see with my naked eye? Am I mad?

austincheney 9y ago
Yeah, I thought it was something like a holographic projection table.
- earlyriser 9y ago
  My impression was that it was a device for entertainment in auditoriums/stadiums, maybe placed behind the chair's back, launching light rays to the person seated behind.
nikanj 9y ago
Their promotion videos certainly made it seem like that.
- cryptoz 9y ago
  More than 'seem', that is what their videos are. Those children screaming about that whale flipping around in their auditorium? They don't have any goggles on. Their promo videos specifically promise that you could have a crowd of 100 people without the goggles on watching the Magic Leap effects. They are liars.
danielvf 9y ago
Yes, you are mad. :) Magic leap has always been about wearing something - the've just deliberately never shown any of their devices in their videos.
- scandox 9y ago
  Good to know :). I won't worry too much about objective reality either then.
  - cryptoz 9y ago
    You are not mad. This thread and Magic Leap are gaslighting everyone. You said, > but I thought Magic Leap were creating AR technology that worked _without Goggles_ Yes, that's because they lied to you and deliberately told you that the product would work without goggles. That is all over their early marketing.
    - scandox 9y ago
      I must be the perfect Netizen because I seem to be quite happy to accept anyone's judgement on whether I am mad or not. But good, great. I'm not mad.
ctdonath 9y ago
I soon realized you'd have to be looking through something for this. You wouldn't be looking at something a la VR (pair of 2D displays with shortened focal length), it would add something to existing light but do so close to your eye. Early demo videos (actual product, not just faked-up CGI) tried to downplay the "through something" but still indicated it was. We're not going to have tables projecting images into the air above & being seen from the side, any time soon. (Though I do have a crazy idea about making that work...)

austincheney 9y ago

Yeah, I thought it was something like a holographic projection table.

earlyriser 9y ago
My impression was that it was a device for entertainment in auditoriums/stadiums, maybe placed behind the chair's back, launching light rays to the person seated behind.

nikanj 9y ago

Their promotion videos certainly made it seem like that.

cryptoz 9y ago
More than 'seem', that is what their videos are. Those children screaming about that whale flipping around in their auditorium? They don't have any goggles on. Their promo videos specifically promise that you could have a crowd of 100 people without the goggles on watching the Magic Leap effects. They are liars.

danielvf 9y ago

Yes, you are mad. :) Magic leap has always been about wearing something - the've just deliberately never shown any of their devices in their videos.

scandox 9y ago
Good to know :). I won't worry too much about objective reality either then.
- cryptoz 9y ago
  You are not mad. This thread and Magic Leap are gaslighting everyone. You said, > but I thought Magic Leap were creating AR technology that worked _without Goggles_ Yes, that's because they lied to you and deliberately told you that the product would work without goggles. That is all over their early marketing.
  - scandox 9y ago
    I must be the perfect Netizen because I seem to be quite happy to accept anyone's judgement on whether I am mad or not. But good, great. I'm not mad.

ctdonath 9y ago

I soon realized you'd have to be looking through something for this. You wouldn't be looking at something a la VR (pair of 2D displays with shortened focal length), it would add something to existing light but do so close to your eye. Early demo videos (actual product, not just faked-up CGI) tried to downplay the "through something" but still indicated it was. We're not going to have tables projecting images into the air above & being seen from the side, any time soon. (Though I do have a crazy idea about making that work...)